On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 03:14:00PM +0100, racoon wrote: > On 2020-03-19 15:08, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 09:53:19AM -0400, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > > > On 3/19/20 9:46 AM, racoon wrote: > > > > On 2020-03-19 14:43, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > > > > > On 3/19/20 5:43 AM, Daniel wrote: > > > > > > All applications (Libre Writer, Pages, Visual Studio Code, TextEdit, > > > > > > etc.) I tested save my documents whenever I press ctrl|cmd+S or > > > > > > choose > > > > > > Save from the menu. This can be seen, for example, from the modified > > > > > > date being updated. > > > > > > > > > > > > The only exception are MS office (which does not save and not gray > > > > > > out > > > > > > the Save menu) and LyX (which does not save but does at least gray > > > > > > out > > > > > > the Save menu). Is there a particular reason LyX behaves in this > > > > > > way? > > > > > > Is there a way, I can change this behavior and force a save? > > > > > > > > > > You mean if the document is not dirty? Hit "s", backspace, then save. > > > > > I.e, make it dirty. > > > > > > > > > > Riki > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I find it hard to remember doing this. So, I would like to change LyX's > > > > Save command to a forced saving. > > > > > > > > Maybe there is a nice command sequence that renders the document dirty, > > > > maybe via some change; undoes the change, if there was one made; saves? > > > > > > Yes, you could assign something like "command-sequence self-insert s; > > > char-delete-backward; buffer-write" to Ctrl-S. Undo won't work, because > > > then the document isn't dirty again. > > > > It's always useful to have a use case for motivation. racoon, what is > > your use case? I've come across this when I wanted to do something like > > open a 2.2.x file in 2.3.x and save it just to update the file format. I > > then commit those changes in git, and then I make a change. That ways I > > separate out the format update from the change. > > > > Scott > > > > My use case is that I often change the closed/open state of insets which > does not render the document dirty. But I still want LyX to remember > these changes. And I often forget to render it artificially dirty before > saving.
Ah, that makes sense. I now remember having the same issue (closing/opening insets). > (For some reasons my RE posts get a "Is being held until the list > moderator can review it for approval.") Strange, I think I'm getting your messages. I don't know what "RE" stands for though. Scott
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